Chris has been leading groups, building teams, and developing personal awareness since before she could walk. Well, maybe not that long. But organizational development is part of her DNA. At Leapfrog, she’s actively involved in program creation, design and execution, and all the programmatic logistics. Working with groups from 10 to 500, Chris makes learning look easy and fun. “I love seeing people go from cross-armed to talking, laughing, singing, and having one of those moments where they truly learn something that you know is going to stick,” she says. When she’s not keeping teams focused, laughing, and learning, Chris may be found bicycling, hiking, and traveling.

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Julia co-founded Leapfrog Innovations, moving from Toronto and sleeping on a futon on the floor of the office for the first five months. Those were the days! Her creative spirit can be found in many of Leapfrog’s groundbreaking programs—such as It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Hunt™ and All Fore One and One Fore All™. Now even as an independent practitioner, Julia is a very active force at Leapfrog as a facilitator/ consultant/instructional designer for select client engagements. Her work can be summed up by three key elements—an engaging process, diverse and unique learning components, and immediately applicable take-aways that impact team performance. Her work gets results and generates its own rewards. “I crossed paths with a participant two years after they took part in a community- service project,” she recalls. “She told me it was the best, most meaningful team-building program she had ever participated in!”

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Anna prides herself on being able to handle whatever comes her way when she’s facilitating a program. She’s fast on her feet, drawing on her experience in motivational speaking, advertising, improvisational theater (including a stint with Chicago’s Second City troupe in the 90’s), and her Master’s degree in Psychology, which she calls her secret weapon. All this experience really pays off. “It never ceases to amaze me when I see a roomful of people transform before my eyes into an energized, focused, insightful, connected group,” she says. When she’s not helping make organizational transformation happen, Anna is an award-winning singer-songwriter who performs throughout New England—more info at www.customcraftedsongs.com.

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Court is a consultant who helps organizations get business results from learning, coaching, and enterprise-wide change efforts. In more than 20 years of experience, he’s worked with a number of the Fortune 500 including: GE Capital, Home Depot, Wyeth, Genzyme, Shell Services, Unilever, Tyco, Clifford Chance, Citizens Bank/RBS, KPMG helping develop leaders, increase sales productivity, and improve processes. But he’s also made these leaning experiences interesting and compelling. “What’s often missing in a lot of team building is an activation of a fun, competitive, but collaborative spirit,” he says. “Leapfrog adds a freeing element that allows people to be their best selves as they learn and work.” When Court isn’t inspiring people to work together, he may be painting, polishing a screenplay, cycling, or playing tournament-level tennis.

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Paul is a facilitator, actor, lawyer, and father—though not necessarily in that order. He practiced law in the field of intellectual property but his love of people (yes, lawyers are people) and performing led him to look beyond the legal field. He knew he had found his niche when he learned that being a Leapfrog facilitator means designing and leading fun activities that build energy and promote learning. His law training comes in handy when working to understand client needs. And his career as an actor makes him a natural for getting up in front of large groups— from 20 to 300—and keeping them engaged, entertained, and learning. When he’s not leading workshops, Paul can be found on the Boston theater scene, where he has performed in about a dozen professional productions.

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Bob guides the growth and development of organizations and individuals with results-driven facilitation. He works to increase team synergy, interpersonal skills, connections, and mutual trust. He’s all about experiential learning. He’s been trained in many leading organization development methodologies. But more importantly, his years of experience give him a broad perspective that helps him understand what Leapfrog clients need and the challenges they face. “Leapfrog is different because we’re professional and relaxed at the same time,” he says. “We deliver great programs that help people learn—and have fun.” Bob isn’t all work. He’s an avid outdoorsman (and has moonlighted as an improvisational comedian).

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Kate is a natural leader. You know the type. There’s always one thoughtful person in the room who you really want to hear speak? Well, that’s Kate. Kate sure can talk, and even better—she can really listen. Kate is passionate about helping executives and teams discover skills and awareness that allow them to align their actions with their intentions and achieve their goals while having fun. Just as she did herself. In her work now as a master facilitator and professional coach, Kate is doing what she loves and also what comes naturally. She often taps her past career experiences to help clients. An engineer and computer scientist by training, Kate has managed global software projects at Hewlett-Packard and Apollo Computer; trained engineers to work in self-directed teams at Peritus Software Services which she co-founded; and created technology to support virtual teams as Director of Development for NetAge.Kate is a Professional Certified Coach, Master Certified Inspired Learning Facilitator and Member, International Coach Federation.

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